WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone who’s been impacted by it. Jury selection is set to begin today in the trial of five former NHL players accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a hotel in London, Ont., after a gala celebrating Canada’s world junior hockey win in 2018. …
More than 100 university, college and scholarly society presidents published a joint statement on Tuesday opposing the Trump administration’s treatment of higher education institutions, coming together to speak out after Harvard University said the administration was threatening its independence. The statement, signed by presidents from such institutions as Princeton, Brown, the University of Hawaii and…
A U.S. judge on Friday denied Sean (Diddy) Combs’s bid to delay his upcoming sex-trafficking trial by two months. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said the hip-hop mogul made his request too close to his trial. Jury selection is scheduled to start on May 5, with opening statements on May 12. Combs, 55, has pleaded not…
Her nightmare started in the bath. A young single mother looked up and felt her privacy evaporate when she noticed a tiny camera in the bathroom ceiling of the basement apartment she lived in with her toddler. She said it looked like a screw, no bigger than a pinky nail. “But I had a feeling it wasn’t a screw. I…
Mitch Marner and his Maple Leafs have never had offensive issues in the regular season. It’s been a different matter entirely when the calender flips to spring. Toronto entered Sunday having put up two goals or less in 13 of its previous 14 playoff games. Last year’s series against the Boston Bruins saw the club…
Ahead of the federal election, Canadians are worried about access to health care. Some private clinics, which are growing in number, charge thousands a year for primary care and out-of-pocket fees, as many people struggle with a soaring cost of living. An estimated 6.5 million Canadian adults don’t have a regular health-care provider like a family doctor…
Last weekend was something of a Sunday school special for the box office. In a surprise show of strength, the Dickens adaptation King of Kings, telling the story of Jesus Christ’s life and crucifixion, exploded with a $19-million US debut. For an animated movie in April, this was surprising — given the fact it was a…
Joana Valamootoo felt Canada was a welcoming place when she immigrated here from Mauritius in 2012, but that sense has faded in recent years as immigration numbers have gone up and up. “I came here in 2012 on a francophone initiative program, an immigration program, and I was welcome, but I was also provided what…
The Maple Leafs are back in the playoffs, so it’s time for us bandwagon fans to pepper the biggest Leafs die-hard on CBC Toronto’s digital desk with some questions. You know, so we sound smart at the sports bar. (And to be honest, this will also be a bit of an emotional check-in on reporter…
evEn IF yOU cAN UNdersTanD eVEry OnE oF tHese WORdS, HOW thiS SEntENce lOOks, MaTTeRs. Beyond being an affront to CBC News style, a sentence like the one above also makes the reader work a little harder, affecting a concept called fluency. “Fluency is just the ease with which we process information,” says Brian Scholl,…